George H. Hitchings, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George H. Hitchings

Nobel Prize-winning American doctor

Date of Birth: 18-Apr-1905

Place of Birth: Hoquiam, Washington, United States

Date of Death: 27-Feb-1998

Profession: physician, pharmacist, chemist, pharmacologist, biochemist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

George Herbert Hitchings (April 18, 1905 – February 27, 1998) was an American doctor who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Sir James Black and Gertrude Elion "for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment", Hitchings specifically for his work on chemotherapy.